David Letterman Taping Over Florida

January 21, 1986|By John Dolen, Entertainment Editor

They`ll soon be saying ``Letterman over Miami.``

Accompanied by 250 staffers, the zany host of NBC`s ``Late Night with David Letterman`` takes off Thursday in a chartered jet from New York City on his way to Miami and will tape a show while the plane is airborne, NBC reported Monday.

The segment will reportedly be part of the show`s 4th anniversary program to air in February. The stunt comes at a time when the program`s ratings are at an all-time high.

According to NBC, when Letterman and the crew arrive in Miami they will depart from the plane and carry on the antics to Mayfair House in Coconut Grove to party and continue the taping there.

Letterman`s show appears on WSVN- Ch. 7 weeknights at 12:30 a.m.

This is not the first off-the-wall program for Letterman, who recently ``dismissed`` the studio audience and filmed the entire show in Letterman`s offices at NBC`s Rockefeller Center headquarters and had frequent guests Teri Garr and comedian Richard Lewis just hang out with the staff.

Another show, which aired in November, was entitled ``Late Night in Tokyo,`` complete with translators, gave viewers an idea what things would be like if the show moved to the Japanese Capital. In reality the show was taped in New York with an all-Japanese audience.